People
![Aniruddha Adhikari](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/photo-for-lab-website-AA.jpg)
Aniruddha Adhikari
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (biochemistry)
Email: aniruddhacbe at g.ucla.edu
![Irene A. Chen](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2024/12/DSC06900-square-e1735580942659.jpg)
Irene A. Chen
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
MD, PhD (biophysics)
Email: ireneachen at ucla.edu
Google Scholar, CBE profile, UCLA Profile
Additional affiliations: Chemistry & Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Institute, Bioengineering
![Andrew Choi](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/website-photo-e1648499544643.jpeg)
Andrew Choi
Graduate Student (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Email: c.jongsuk at ucla.edu
![Katherine McCarthy](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2024/03/IMG_4132_square-4cfc2f5f444e355d-e1709852822244.jpg)
Katherine McCarthy
Graduate Student (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Email: katherine9 at g.ucla.edu
![Ranajay Saha](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/Ranajay-e1591222139776.jpg)
Ranajay Saha
Project Scientist
PhD (biophysics)
Email: ranajay11 at ucla.edu
![Alberto Vazquez-Salazar](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/AVS-e1591227517492.png)
Alberto Vazquez-Salazar
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (evolutionary biology)
Email: albertovazquez at ucla.edu
![Shelby Vexler](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/DSC_7165-Edit-copy-200-sq.jpg)
Shelby Vexler
Graduate Student (Chemistry: Biophysics)
Email: vexler at ucla.edu
![Steven Yanxi Yang](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2020/08/Steven-Yang-photo-e1598028436863.jpeg)
Steven Yanxi Yang
Graduate Student (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Email: yanxiyang at g.ucla.edu
![Nick Zhang](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2022/07/ZhangN-Square-e1657062244823.jpg)
Nick Zhang
Graduate Student (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Email: nickzhang99 at g.ucla.edu
![Ruoxin Zhou](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/09/Zhou-Ruoxin_Irene-Chen-Lab-e1695082003622.jpg)
Ruoxin Zhou
Graduate Student (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering MS)
Email: ruoxinzhou at g.ucla.edu
![Beatrice Mihalache](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/01/IMG_8257-e1672604818853.jpeg)
Beatrice Mihalache
Undergraduate Student
![Sam Perrott](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/09/Sam-copy-e1695842766687.jpg)
Sam Perrott
Undergraduate Student
![Rebecca Lee](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/10/Headshot-professional-cropped-e1698165799973.jpg)
Rebecca Lee
Undergraduate Student
![Kruthica Dama](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/10/Kruthi-Dama-3-copy-e1698088755700.jpg)
Kruthica Dama
Undergraduate Student
![Alonzo Valenzuela](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2023/11/IMG_3931-e1701399602248.jpg)
Alonzo Valenzuela
Undergraduate Student
![Lexis Hsieh](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2024/06/LH_IMG_5121-e1719348425672.jpg)
Lexis Hsieh
Undergraduate Student
![Johnny Gueriguian](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2024/06/JG_IMG_9581-e1719348552684.jpg)
Johnny Gueriguian
Undergraduate Student
Visitors
![Celia Blanco](https://research.seas.ucla.edu/irene-chen/files/2019/08/IMG_2223-e1591203534280.jpg)
Celia Blanco
Visiting Scientist; Research Investigator, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Email: celiablanco at ucla.edu
Alumni
Diane Kang (Graduate student, Caltech)
Prof. Bo Zhu (Visitor from Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Muadh Elyamani (Undergraduate student, Johns Hopkins)
Samuel Tzeng (Research Associate, UC Berkeley)
Dr. Josh Kenchel (Scientific Developer, Emerald Cloud Lab)
Dr. Damayanti Bagchi (Engineer, Intel)
Sandy He (undergraduate student, UCLA)
Krishna Burton (Graduate Student, UCSD Bioengineering)
Dr. Huan Peng (Associate Professor, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
Dr. Yuning Shen (Research Scientist, ByteDance)
Dr. Yei-Chen Lai (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
Dr. Baoqing Zhou (Scientist, Phaeno)
Dr. Ray Borg (Lecturer, University of Hawaii Maui College)
Dr. Samuel Verbanic (Scientist, 4D Molecular Therapeutics)
Dr. Evan Janzen (Research Scientist, New England Biolabs)
Nadine Wells (Research associate, Orbital Therapeutics)
Kelly Shi (Process Engineer, BillionToOne)
Alanna Stull (Graduate Student, Rice University)
Dr. Claire Tran (Research Scientist, i2o Therapeutics)
Dr. Jen Mobberley (Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Dr. Abe Pressman (National Institute of Standards and Technology, NRC Fellow)
Jeffrey Hall (Lead Scientist, Technical Manufacturing, Abbott Laboratories)
Dr. Colin Kim (Postdoctoral fellow, MIT)
Brandon Malady (Graduate student, UT Austin)
Thomas Nguyen (Consultant, Aarete)
D. Michael Devano (Student, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Allison Tam (Data analyst, Novacoast)
Daniel Chu (MD-PhD Program, U. Wisconsin)
Dr. Shreyas Athavale (Cherokee Christian School, Faculty)
Bradley Spicer (Graduate Student, SOAS University of London)
Ervin Poorghasamians (student; USC)
Dr. Jose Jimenez (Imperial College of London, Faculty)
Dr. Ramon Xulvi-Brunet (Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador; Professor)
Dr. Rebecca Turk-MacLeod (Scientist, Detect)
Dr. Nikola Ivica (Indura Therapeutics)
Dr. Peter Freese (Software Engineer, Meta)
Dr. Sudha Rajamani (IISER Pune, Professor)
Dr. Kevin Leu (Physician, UCSF)
Dr. Julien Derr (University of Paris 7, Professor)
Dr. Alex Xu (Instructor, Cedars-Sinai)
Dr. Pedro Vera (Physician, Northwestern Medicine)
Dr. Abraham Lin (Physician, Boston Medical Center)
Dr. Laura Villanueva (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Research Scientist)
Dr. Kelley Harris (U. Washington, Professor)
Dr. Isaac Joseph (Affirm, Software Engineer)
Weike Wang (author)
Kezia Alexander (Senior Research Associate, MedStar Health)